Practice areas

Banking & finance

We advise banks and other financial institutions in all matters related to financial transactions and supervision. International publications recognise LEADELL offices as among leading law firms in advising on debt restructuring and rescheduling. The experience gained by advising leading banks of the Baltics allows our team to adequately address the interests of all parties to a transaction, as well as requirements applicable to them. Our team is also competent in counselling on fintech matters that have arisen due to the radical changes in traditional financial services caused by digital innovations.

Corporate & commercial

Our group of specialists provides top-quality counselling on various aspects of corporate and commercial law: corporate governance, transactions and trade (including M&A), public procurement, public-private partnerships, competition etc. Our clients range from some of the biggest companies in the market to small start-ups, and thus the issues that we advise them on vary respectively. Our competence has been consistently recognized to be one of the best in the market by the annual international publications.

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Dispute resolution

We have a comprehensive practice in litigation, arbitration, as well as out-of-court debt recovery. Our attorneys are regularly acting as arbitrators, conciliators and bankruptcy trustees. Many of our cases have principally changed the interpretation of law, being often also of interest to the general public. International publications have, for years, recognised us as among top dispute resolution firms on the market.

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IT & intellectual property

We keep up with the times and acknowledge the vast use of information technologies and the growing importance of intellectual property in today’s business. With individual approach and by looking from clients’ perspective, our team can provide advice on all aspects related to information technologies and intellectual property. We combine our knowledge of conventional business transactions with an in-depth understanding of the related technical aspects. Our attorneys are recognised for having experience e.g. in legal aspects of cloud computing, software licencing and patent registration.

Latvia

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Medical & pharmaceuticals

Health care, Medical & pharmaceuticals

We provide legal advice and represent our clients in all matters related to pharmaceuticals, which is one of the fastest growing industries with rapidly changing rules and regulations that varies from one country to another. Our attorneys, in cooperation with medical field professionals, advise on a regular basis on the requirements for manufacturing medical products, the promotion of medical products and requirements for performance of clinical trials. We also have a comprehensive practice in representing clients in medical malpractice cases.

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Regulatory & compliance

Given the ever-expanding set of local and international rules and regulations which impact the daily lives of companies of all sizes, compliance has been getting more and more attention as a potential source of corporate issues. Our team of specialists has vast experience in helping our clients to understand and deal as efficiently as possible with all the rules and regulations that apply to them.

Latvia

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Tax

Tax, Customs

Our tax specialists, some with prior experience of working for the tax authorities, advise and represent clients in all issues related to tax and customs law: structuring transactions, relations with tax authorities and tax disputes (i.a. tax crimes). The vast and highly recognised experience with tax disputes allows us to foresee and address the potential risks already prior to executing transactions.

Our Experience

Office news

The law office has successfully represented interests of its client in a dispute over a debtor attempt to conceal its assets from debt collection. According to the information furnished by the client, during debt collection the debtor attempted to conceal company capital shares owned by him through disposing them...

Ugis Treilons, a new partner, has commenced work in LEADELL Riga office. His remarkable experience and knowledge in the fields of corporate law, investments and commercial transactions will expand our capacity to provide effectively secure and trustful top-level legal assistance to business clients. “The core values of our firm...

Law office LEADELL Fogels, Vītols & Paipa offers the opportunity for a student of law to improve the knowledge of law in practice. Test yourself and join our team! More information regarding applying for internship see here (in Latvian).

We are glad to announce that Fogels, Vītols & Paipa Law Office with our long-term co-operation partners Aivar Pilv Law Office from Estonia and Balčiūnas & Grajauskas from Lithuania founded new pan-Baltic alliance of law firms LEADELL, that brings together nearly 50 legal advisors, considered among the best in...

We congratulate our colleague Artūrs Rubins with becoming an associate of our law firm! As a probationer Artūrs started working at our law firm in 2013. After a successful internship at FVP, Artūrs was recruited as a legal assistant. Fulfilling the duties of legal assistant, our colleague has demonstrated...

Legal assistants of FVP Ilze Ieva Vilne and Artūrs Rubins have graduated Faculty of Law of University of Latvia. Our colleague Ilze has obtained Bachelors degree, but Artūrs – Master’s degree in law. Congratulations to our colleagues!

Our Legal Assistant Artūrs Rubins has participated in mock litigation at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, representing a team of University of Latvia Faculty of Law students. During the moot proceeding, the University of Latvia team participated in pre-moots in Georgia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Germany and Estonia....

After a successful internship at our firm, Ilze Ieva Vilne has joined FVP as a Legal Assistant. Our new college is in her third year of studies at the University of Latvia Faculty of Law and believes a career in law to be her calling. Ilze is also fluent...

From 4 till 9 October, the International Bar Association (IBA) held its annual conference in Vienna, Austria. Our Senior Associate, attorney at law Jevgēnija Ziņģe, was one of the participants. IBA conferences come together annually, gathering attorneys and legal industry experts from around the world. Participation in this important...

FVP has made a tradition of running the Lattelecom Riga Marathon. In 2015, among the 25931 participants, the Fogels, Vītols & Paipa law firm was represented by a team running 5 km, 10 km and 21 km distances. The FVP team ran a total of 78000 metres at the...